Online Courses, Still Lacking That Third Dimension - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Those relationships — with humans in the flesh — help students to persevere. Online courses are notorious for high dropout rates.
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There is something motivating about the student’s relationship with the instructor — and with the student’s relationship with other students in the class — that would be absent if each took the course in a software-only environment.
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We should focus on having at least one great course online for each subject rather than lots of mediocre courses
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